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Vickie Soulier Family Foundation at a glance

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Vickie Soulier Family Foundation

Its FY2020 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$335k
Granted FY2020
13
Grants FY2020
2
States reached
$300k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$709kYouth Development$327kCrime & Legal$300kHuman Services$57kRecreation & Sports$30kHealth$7kAnimals$6kHousing & Shelter$4kOther$0
02FY2020 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k10 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k2 grants · $22k
  • $250k+1 grant · $300k
$1,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Polly Klaas Foundation$300,000
Marin Theater Company$12,000
Marin Athletic Foundation$10,145
Tam House$2,500
Marin Community Clinics$2,000
Throckmorton Theater$1,000
Salvation Army$1,000
Ceres Community Project$1,000
Sonoma Valley Museum of Arts$1,000
Marin Humane$1,000
Adopt a Family of Marin$1,000
St Vinent de Paul Society of Marin$1,000
Assistance Dogs of Hawaii$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $53k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 6% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $3k → 9%WHISTLESTOP: $50k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$395k · 7 repeat orgs$1.0M to everyone else

7 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2020, 1 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2020 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
8

Total granted

$395k
$740k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+63%
+85%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2020, 8% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $308k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20
Arts & CultureEducationAnimalsHuman ServicesHealthFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • MA
    MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2020 · $30k · revenue +25%
  • KI
    KQED INC
    2× · 2018–2019 · $10k · revenue +35%
  • MARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC
    2× · 2018–2020 · $7k · revenue +63%

Funded once

  • TY
    transcenDANCE Youth Arts Projectgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $327k · revenue +244% · 78% of their budget
  • LT
    LARK THEATERgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $250k · revenue +85%
  • CF
    CALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2019 · $100k · revenue -2%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Marin Open Studios

Marin open studios is a non-profit visual arts organization dedicated to engaging and supporting marin county artists and their audiences through events, programs and services. marin open studios champions a diverse and inclusive community…

Arts & Culture
2
Transportation Alternatives for Marin
Public Benefit
3
Marin Academy

Marin academy asks every individual to think, question, and create in an environment of encouragement and compassion, and challenges each person to accept the responsibilities posed by education in a democratic society.

Education
4
Marin Cultural Association

To support art and culture in Marin County, including enhancing the programs and facilities at the Marin Center and Marin County Fair.

Arts & Culture
5
Presidio Theatre

The mission of the presidio theatre is to ensure that the magic of live performance is accessible to the entire community.

Philanthropy
6
Monterey Museum of Art

The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.

Arts & Culture
7
San Francisco Film Society

SFFILM is a nonprofit organization whose mission ensures independent voices in film are welcomed, heard, and given the resources to thrive. SFFILM connects and inspires audiences, students and teachers, and filmmakers through our film…

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8
Marin Made
Environment
9
The Marin Football Club

To foster local, state, national or international sports competition with a particular emphasis on youth soccer.

Recreation & Sports
10
Agricultural Institute of Marin

The mission of the agricultural institute of marin is to educate, inspire, and connect communities, farmers, and producers in order to create a healthy, earth-friendly, equitable local and regional food and agricultural system.

Environment
11
Marin Dance Theatre

to nurture and sustain the art, technique and expression of classical ballet and contemporary dance for students of all ages through exceptional training and education, unique and exciting choreography, (CONTINUED ON SCHEDULE O)

Arts & Culture
12
Senior Access

Senior Access's mission is to help Marin's older and disabled adults remain independent and part of the community for as long as possible.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Adopt a Family of Marin; the most unlike its peers is Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

16 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 16 of the 22 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
13/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Marin Theatre Company: $337,000 · Arts & CultureMarin Theatre CompanyLARK THEATER: $250,000 · Arts & CultureLARK THEATERCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $100,000 · Arts & CultureCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE+3 more: $21,000 · Arts & CulturetranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $327,000 · EducationtranscenDANCE Youth Arts Pro…MARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $30,145 · EducationMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATIONPOLLY KLAAS FOUNDATION: $300,000 · Crime & LegalPOLLY KLAAS FOUNDATIONVivalon: $50,000 · Human ServicesTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $4,000 · Human ServicesTam House: $2,500 · OtherTHE SALVATION ARMY: $2,000 · OtherFRUIT TREE PLANTING FOUNDATION: $1,000 · OtherADOPT A FAMILY: $1,000 · OtherThrockmorton Theater: $1,000 · OtherADOPT A FAMILY OF MARIN: $1,000 · OtherSt Vinent de Paul Society of Marin: $1,000 · OtherMARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC: $7,000 · HealthASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $5,000 · AnimalsMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 · AnimalsProject Open Hand: $1,000 · Food & Nutrition
Arts & Culture$708,000Education$357,145Crime & Legal$300,000Human Services$54,000Other$9,500Health$7,000Animals$6,000Food & Nutrition$1,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetMarin Theatre Company: $337,000 over 3y, 6.1% of budgettranscenDANCE Youth Arts Project: $327,000 over 1y, 78% of budgetPOLLY KLAAS FOUNDATION: $300,000 over 1y, 68% of budgetLARK THEATER: $250,000 over 1y, 18% of budgetCALIFORNIA FILM INSTITUTE: $100,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVivalon: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetMARIN ATHLETIC FOUNDATION: $30,145 over 2y, 17% of budgetBERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetKQED INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMARIN COMMUNITY CLINIC: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE DOGS OF HAWAII: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CERES COMMUNITY PROJECT: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMARIN HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetADOPT A FAMILY OF MARIN: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetProject Open Hand: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSonoma Valley Museum of Art: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Jewish Community Fede…Marin Community Found…Leonard & Beryl Buck …McNabb FoundationSidney and Bernice Cl…Robert K & Barbara J …Hobsonlucas Family Fo…Heffernan Group Found…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Endowment Fo…Morgan Stanley Global…
Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & SonomaCA19.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco the Peninsula Marin & Sonoma · Marin Community Foundation · Leonard & Beryl Buck Foundation · McNabb Foundation · Sidney and Bernice Clyman Family Foundation · Robert K & Barbara J Straus Family Foundation Inc · Hobsonlucas Family Foundation · Heffernan Group Foundation · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Vickie Soulier Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Vickie Soulier Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Vickie Soulier Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Vickie Soulier Family Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 22 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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